Turkish Polarity-Sensitive Items #
Turkish indefinite pronoun polarity items, typed by the categories from
Polarity.
- kimse: Weak NPI (questions, conditionals, indirect negation)
- hiç kimse: Emphatic negative indefinite (direct negation)
- herhangi biri: Free choice item
NPIs #
kimse — Weak NPI. Historically 'person'; now polarity-sensitive in questions, conditionals, and indirect negation.
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hiç kimse — Emphatic negative indefinite. hiç intensifier + kimse; direct negation only.
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FCI #
herhangi biri — Free choice item. 'Any person at all'.
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Verification #
theorem
Turkish.PolarityItems.turkish_npis_strengthening :
([kimse, hicKimse].all fun (e : Polarity.Item) => e.scalarDirection == some Polarity.ScalarDirection.strengthening) = true
theorem
Turkish.PolarityItems.hicKimse_licensing_characterized
(c : Polarity.LicensingContext)
:
c.licenses hicKimse ↔ c ∈ hicKimse.licensingContexts
hiç kimse characterized exactly: obligatory co-occurrence with verbal negation ([Has97] A179).
theorem
Turkish.PolarityItems.turkish_licensing_sound
(e : Polarity.Item)
:
e ∈ [kimse, hicKimse, herhangiBiri] → ∀ c ∈ e.licensingContexts, c.licenses e